Garment-holder.



A. ST. CLAIR.

GARMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1910. RENEWED JUNE 18,1012.

1,035,256. Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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ABRAM ST. CLAIR, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application filed January 25, 1910, Serial No. 540,085. Renewed June 18,1912. Serial No. 704,468.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM S'r. GLMR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Garment-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding trousers or othergarments in a compact and stretched condition, thereby facilitating thestorage of the same and at the same time serving to press the garment.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap devicefor the stated purpose in which the garment will be supported in foldedcondition, thereby securing utmost compactness.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described in which the folding of the garment will be utilizedfor stretching the same.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1. is a side elevation of the devicein open condition; Fig. 2, is a side elevation thereof in foldedcondition; Fig. 3, is a front elevation of the holder in open conditionbut the clamps in closed position. Fig. 1 is a perspective of the upperend of the device, showing the clamping means.

The device comprises a middle bar 1, a top member 2 and a bottom member3, side bars 4 connecting the middle and top bars as a rectangular frameand side bars 5 connecting the middle and bottom bars, the upper andlower bars thus being connected by the middle bar, which thus serve as apiv oted conection therefor. Said middle bar is preferably bent orformed with eyes 15 at the ends to retain the side bars 1, 5 thereon.The top member 2 is preferably formed as an elongated loop, beingformed, for example, of a piece of wire bent downwardly at each end toform a seat 6 for the side bars 4, then upwardly and inwardly, the endportions being twisted together as at 7 with one end extending directlyupward, as shown at 8 to form a catch pin. The bottom member 3 issimilarly formed as an elongated loop having upward bends 9 at its endsto form seats for the side bars 5 and having its end portions fastenedby twisting as at 10, and one of the ends being bent around to form ahook 11. A clamp bar 12 is provided with an eye 13 at one end fitting onone end portion of the loop-shaped top member 2, so as to enable saidclamp to be turned outwardly to the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 3, or inwardly to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, inwhich said bar extends longitudinally in front of the lower part of theloop-shaped top member 2, said clamp bar 12 having a hook 16 at its endto engage over the top bar of the top member. A similar clamp bar 14 isprovided for the bottom member pivoting on one end of the loop shapedbottom member to enable it to be swung in similar manner over the upperbar of the bottom member 3 and having a book 17 to engage over thebottom bar of the lower member 3.

The clamp bars 12 and 1 1 are pivoted by their eyes 13, said eyesengaging with the end portion of the loop-shaped members 2 and 3 in suchmanner that each of said clamp bars can be swung transversely to theplane of the loop-shaped members 2 and 3 to and from said loop-shapedmembers to act in clamping or unclamping the goods, or can be swungparallel to said plane to enable it tobe hooked over the loop-shapedmember.

The device is used for example in hanging and stretching a pair oftrousers as follows :The clamp members 12, 14 are turned outwardly tothe posit-ion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the holder is openedup by turning its two frames on the central member 1 to position shownin Fig. 3, so that the said two frames extend in substantially the sameplane. The trousers indicated at 18 are placed on the holder with theupper end of the trousers overlying the top member 2 and the lower endof the trousers overlying the bottom member 3. The two clamp members 12,14; are then turned over on top of the trousers and pressed down ontothe loop-shaped members 2 and 3, and are retained in that position bysnapping the books 16, 17 at the outer ends of said clamp members overthe members 2 or 3 as the case may be, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Thedevice is then in condition for serving the usual purpose of a garmenthanger. An additional advantage is secured by bending it up intoposition shown in Fig. 2, this operation folding the garment into morecompact shape and at the same time further stretching the same bybending the garment around the central member 1.

What I claim is l. A garment support comprising a central bar, two pairsof side bars, each formed with eyes at each end, the eyes at the innerends of each of the side bars engaging around the said central bar nearthe ends thereof, and an end member at each end of each of the pairs ofside bars consisting of wire bent in the shape of an elongated loopwhose length corresponds to the distance between the outer ends of theside bars, the eyes at the outer ends of said side bars engaging withsaid loops at the end portions thereof, said loops being bentintermediate their ends to form inter-engaging pin and hook members, anda clamp bar formed with an eye engaging around each end. member at oneend thereof to pivotally support said clamp bar on said end member, saidclamp bar being formed with a hook at its other end to engage the endmember, said clamp bar being movable by its eye connection with the endmember in a direction trans verse to the plane of the loop-shaped endmember to move it toward or from the end member so as to perform theclamping operation and to be movable parallel to the plane of theloop-shaped end member to enable its hook to be engaged with the endmember.

2. A garment support comprising a central bar, two pairs of side bars,each formed with eyes at each end, the eyes at the inner ends of each ofthe side bars engaging around the said central bar near the endsthereof, and an end member at each end of each of the pairs of side barsconsisting of wire bent in the shape of an elongated loop whose lengthcorresponds to the distance between the outer ends of the side bars, theeyes at the outer ends of said side bars engaging with said loops at theend portions thereof, each of said loops having a bend near each end, inwhich said eyes are seated, said loops being bent intermediate theirends to form inter-engaging pin and hook members, and a clamp bar formedwith an eye engaging around each end member at one end thereof topivotally support said clamp bar on said end member, said clamp barbeing formed with a hook at its other end to engage the end member, saidclamp bar being movable by its eye connection with the end member in adirection trans verse to the plane of the loop-shaped end member to moveit toward or from the end member so as to perform the clamping operationand to be movable parallel to the plane of the loop-shaped end membersto enable its hook to be engaged with the end member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 19th, day of January, 1910.

ABRAM ST. CLAIR.

In presence of- FRANK L. A. GRAHAM, P. H. SI-inLLoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

